Title :
Criticality of assumptions in the study of performance degradation caused by mode-dependent loss in SDM systems
Author :
Antonelli, C. ; Mecozzi, Antonio ; Shtaif, Mark ; Winzer, P.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Chem. Sci., Univ. of LAquila, LAquila, Italy
Abstract :
Mode dependent loss is expected to be a major cause of impairments in SDM systems. We show that the accurate characterization of its impact on system performance depends on the assumptions that are made on how the system is modeled and operated in a very subtle way which has eluded the majority of previous studies.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibres; space division multiplexing; MDL; SDM systems; assumption criticality; mode-dependent loss; optical fibers; performance degradation; space-division multiplexed transmission; Capacity planning; Optimized production technology; Propagation losses; Signal to noise ratio; Solids; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964167
